Our Tune of the Day is The Killavil Fancy a fabulous reel, performed here live in the street by Canadian foursome The Fretless while they were in Glasgow for Celtic Connections last winter. The tune also features on their brilliant album Live From the Art Farm.
Watch OUT Spell which features a tongue-twisting spell courtesy of Kathryn Tickell and The Darkening. Plus we’ve news of a new David Almond book inspired by real events which involved Kathryn Tickell and her father Mike.
Cara Dillon will be touring her Christmas show “Upon a Winter’s Night” for the third year running this December. The overwhelming success of previous tours has cemented this magical and memorable festive experience as a firm tradition.
Folk on Foot – which raced to No 1 in the iTunes music podcast chart on its launch day – will be back from October 19 and will feature Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Kerry Andrew, Fisherman’s Friends, Stick in the Wheel and Julie Fowlis.
Later this month, Adam Holmes and The Embers are heading out on a joint tour with Baskery, a Swedish alternative Americana folk-rock band, comprising the three sisters Greta, Stella and Sunniva Bondesson.
Our Tune of the Day comes from Glasgow-based trio Talisk. Montreal, taken from their forthcoming album Beyond, was inspired by a fortuitous event when Mohsen Amini was snowed in at Montreal and by pure chance bumped into his family in the Airport whom he’d not seen in 15 years.
Originally from North Wales and Yorkshire, The Trials of Cato are set to release their debut album ‘Hide And Hair’ this winter, after a year of near-vertical ascent from a standing start. Take a listen to Gloria, a story of self-discovery and a celebration of being true to oneself.
Watch Ode To Ovid, the new video from Stanlaey, the musical moniker of the Bristol-based singer, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Bethany Stenning. It’s taken from her forthcoming album, The Human Project, due for release in Spring 2019.
The Urban Folk Quartet, one of the most exciting and vibrant bands on the UK acoustic/ roots scene, are heading back out on the road for their annual autumn tour.
Last week saw the release of Down Among the Dead Men the new album from Mawkin which packs a real punch as witnessed on their brilliant new video for Blind Fiddler which was filmed at the heritage site Royal Gunpowder Mills in Waltham Abbey.
Ahead of their forthcoming autumn tour Stick in the Wheel release digital single ‘Cruel Ship’s Captain’. It’s taken from their forthcoming Mixtape release which features collaborations with Lisa Knapp, Om Unit and Anna Roberts-Gevalt of Anna & Elizabeth.
Join John Smith, our current Artist of the Month, in a coffee shop as he talks about the inspiration behind his new folk album Hummingbird which is released today on Commoner Records.
